memorialized

past tense of memorialize
as in commemorated
to be a memorial of at the entrance to the park stands a statue memorializing the novelist Sir Walter Scott

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Recent Examples of memorialized The late royal has also been memorialized in pop culture. Stephanie Kaloi, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025 The two sides on Thursday memorialized an agreement to open exclusive negotiations that officials hope will lead to turning Cal Expo’s defunct horse racing track and grand stand into a new football facility located roughly three miles north of Sacramento State’s campus. Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Their letters were memorialized in the book My Dear Bessie, edited by Simon Garfield. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 So how else will Trump be memorialized if not for Mount Rushmore? Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025 Lib Wilhelm’s Cheese Slaw is memorialized in Oh My Stars! Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025 Hayek previously memorialized her late costar, who died in October 2023 from the acute effects of ketamine, shortly after his passing. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2025 Influential Australian rockers The Angels have been memorialized with a new mural and the naming of a laneway in their honor in the city of Adelaide. Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorialized
commemorated
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  • China commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing on Wednesday, with Chinese President Xi Jinping hosting more than two dozen foreign leaders at a military parade.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Presciently, disturbingly, Chocobar’s murder occurred on October 12, a day commemorated in Argentina as the start of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Memorialized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorialized. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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